The web of life is a mingled yarn, good and ill together. ~ William Shakespeare

Saturday, January 26, 2008

So, about that more blogging thing

Kinda fell off the horse on that one. But I do have two FOs for you today!

Pattern: Monkey by Cookie A.Yarn: BMFA Socks that Rock Silkie - Sock Club yarnNeedles: Chiagoo DPNS 2.75mmDates: um, summer/fallish to January 22, 2008Mods: noneThoughts: Love the yarn. Love the colors. Love the pattern. I can see why this has been so popular! I did have some gauge issues, and then some pooling issues with other yarn, but this has been a winner. Glad to have new socks this week, since it's been cold.

And now, I can finally reveal one of the secret projects I've been working on. My LYS, Yarns Ewenique, is having a sock club, and I was flattered to be chosen as one of the pattern designers. It has been an interesting experience for me (and it's not over yet!) The first pattern was "released" on Friday, so now I can show it to you!

Pattern: Loopy Laces by me!Yarn: Louet Gems fingering weight yarnNeedles: Chiagoo DPNs 2.75mmMods: I knit the sample socks with the fine/sport weight yarn, so mine feel a bit different from the others, but the gauge worked out the same for me, so it's all good. The pattern is exclusive to the club for one year, but after that it will be available here for you! (It will be available next year through the shop and here as a downloadable pdf.)

I really do hope to make some progress on a few other things this last week of January, so stay tuned!